- Cylindrophis opisthorhodus
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Cylindrophis opisthorhodus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Cylindrophiidae Genus: Cylindrophis Species: C. opisthorhodus Binomial name Cylindrophis opisthorhodus
Boulenger, 1897Cylindrophis opisthorhodus, or the island pipe snake, is a species of snake in the Cylindrophiidae family.[1]
Geographic range
It is endemic to Indonesia.[2]
Description
Dorsally pale brown or buff, with small black spots irregularly disposed. Head yellowish, much spotted with black. Ventrally white, with continuous or broken and alternating black crossbars, which are connected on the sides by a black uninterrupted stripe running from behind the head to the base of the tail; a much interrupted black stripe along the middle of the belly. Anal region black. Lower surface of tail bright pink [to which the specific epithet, opisthorhodus, meaning "rose posteriorly", refers].
Dorsal scales in 23 rows. Ventrals 184-187, only slightly larger than the adjacent scales; anal divided; subcaudals 6-7.[3]
References
- ^ "Cylindrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209616. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ^ Cylindrophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1897. A List of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Mr. Alfred Everett in Lombok, Flores, Sumba, and Savu, with Descriptions of new Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, vol. 19, p. 506.
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